Help Guide for Protecting Customer Data on Laptops and Mobiles
A practical guide to protecting customer data on business laptops and mobile devices. Covers encryption, screen locks, remote wipe, and GDPR compliance essentials.
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Help Guide for What to Do When a Laptop Is Lost or Stolen
A one-page incident plan for when a business laptop is lost or stolen. Clear roles, timings, and steps to minimise damage and meet your legal obligations.
Help Guide for Accounting Tech Stack for UK Small Businesses
A practical guide to building an accounting technology stack for UK small businesses. Covers Xero vs QuickBooks, plus receipts, expenses, payroll, and essential integrations.
Help Guide for Buying Hardware for Reliability
A practical guide to building a reliable hardware setup for your small business. Covers spares, docking stations, monitors, and a sensible three-year replacement plan.
Azure UK Data Residency 2025 and the Complete Guide for UK Enterprises
UK enterprises deploying Microsoft Azure must navigate data residency requirements under UK GDPR, the Data Protection Act 2018, and the new Data (Use and Access) Act 2025. Azure's UK South and UK West regions provide ICO-compliant data residency, though Microsoft cannot contractually guarantee absolute UK sovereignty for all workloads. This comprehensive guide examines Azure UK region architecture, ICO compliance requirements, pricing comparisons, sovereignty limitations, and implementation best practices for UK CIOs.
AWS vs Azure UK Compliance 2025 - Which Cloud Provider Meets ICO Requirements?
UK enterprises face a consequential choice between AWS and Azure for cloud infrastructure. Both providers offer comprehensive compliance programmes with 100+ certifications, but meaningful differences in UK data residency, default encryption, and regional pairing affect ICO compliance posture. This analysis compares the providers across security controls, certifications, and pricing to inform UK CIO decision-making.
NCSC Cloud Security Principles 2025 and the Complete UK Enterprise Guide
The National Cyber Security Centre's 14 Cloud Security Principles form the cornerstone of UK cloud security guidance. Updated for 2025, these principles help organisations assess whether cloud services meet their security requirements—from data protection and personnel security to operational resilience. This guide explains each principle with practical implementation guidance for UK enterprises.
UK GDPR Article 30 for Cloud Architects - Records of Processing in Multi-Cloud Environments
UK GDPR Article 30 requires organisations to maintain Records of Processing Activities (ROPA) documenting how personal data flows through their systems. For cloud architects, this means mapping data processing across multi-cloud environments, understanding controller versus processor obligations, and implementing technical controls that support compliance documentation. This guide provides practical guidance aligned with ICO requirements.
How to Deploy Private GPT Models in a UK-Sovereign Environment
UK enterprises can now deploy private GPT models with full data sovereignty using Azure OpenAI UK South, AWS eu-west-2, and emerging Stargate UK infrastructure. OpenAI's December 2024 announcement of UK data residency, combined with Microsoft's sovereign cloud capabilities, means organisations can finally run GPT-4 and GPT-4o with data that never leaves UK jurisdiction—meeting ICO accountability requirements and NCSC cloud security principles.
UK AI Regulation vs EU AI Act and What UK Enterprises Need to Know in 2025
The UK has deliberately diverged from the EU AI Act's prescriptive approach, favouring principles-based regulation through DSIT's five cross-sectoral principles rather than comprehensive horizontal legislation. With the EU AI Act's first prohibitions taking effect in February 2025 and the UK's AI Safety Institute pivoting to the AI Security Institute, enterprises operating in both markets face a complex regulatory landscape requiring dual compliance strategies.
Zero Trust Architecture for UK Government - NCSC's 8 Principles Explained
The NCSC's Zero Trust Architecture Design Principles provide the authoritative framework for UK government and public sector organisations transitioning from traditional perimeter-based security. With the network perimeter dissolving through cloud adoption and flexible working, zero trust assumes hostile networks and verifies every request based on access policy—a fundamental shift now mandated for government suppliers handling sensitive data.
Cyber Essentials Plus 2025 and What Changes in the April Willow Update
The NCSC's April 2025 Willow update to Cyber Essentials Plus introduces passwordless authentication as an approved method, updates vulnerability terminology from patches to vulnerability fixes, and tightens scoping and verification requirements. Whilst the changes are relatively minor, they align the scheme more closely with NIST standards and reflect modern security practices including remote working scenarios.